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Donor-recipient cell mix test, each selected cell type

CPT 81268the billing code this page is about

Follow-up testing after a stem cell or bone marrow transplant that measures the proportion of donor cells compared with an earlier baseline; billed once per separated cell type or genetic marker tested.

Hospitals typically charge $491 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 670 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $521. Most fall between $261 and $1,032 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
670
States
46
Filings dated
Aug 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 670 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$183$287$491$822$1,277

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($183 vs $1,277).

How the prices are spread

$165 – $208: 44 hospitals$165$208 – $262: 61 hospitals$262 – $331: 73 hospitals$262$331 – $418: 70 hospitals$418 – $527: 83 hospitals$418$527 – $665: 68 hospitals$665 – $839: 74 hospitals$665$839 – $1,059: 37 hospitals$1,059 – $1,336: 67 hospitals$1,059$1,336 – $1,686: 27 hospitals$1,336median $491price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (604 of 670 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$165$20844
$208$26261
$262$33173
$331$41870
$418$52783
$527$66568
$665$83974
$839$1,05937
$1,059$1,33667
$1,336$1,68627

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $491.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $530 across 11 hospitalsWA$530Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $443 across 32 hospitalsMN$443Illinois: median $520 across 30 hospitalsIL$520Wisconsin: median $500 across 30 hospitalsWI$500Michigan: median $360 across 21 hospitalsMI$360New York: median $313 across 26 hospitalsNY$313Massachusetts: median $986 across 12 hospitalsMA$986Oregon: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $586 across 16 hospitalsIA$586Indiana: median $376 across 15 hospitalsIN$376Ohio: median $1,169 across 36 hospitalsOH$1,169Pennsylvania: median $300 across 39 hospitalsPA$300New Jersey: median $287 across 24 hospitalsNJ$287Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,686 across 31 hospitalsCA$1,686Utah: median $656 across 23 hospitalsUT$656Colorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $711 across 12 hospitalsMO$711Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $821 across 22 hospitalsVA$821Maryland: median $533 across 10 hospitalsMD$533Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $280 across 20 hospitalsTN$280North Carolina: median $229 across 30 hospitalsNC$229South Carolina: median $569 across 10 hospitalsSC$569Oklahoma: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $355 across 16 hospitalsLA$355Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,111 across 20 hospitalsGA$1,111Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $528 across 56 hospitalsTX$528Florida: median $180 across 38 hospitalsFL$180
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $491. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA31$1,686+243%$357 – $1,686
Ohio OH36$1,169+138%$822 – $1,301
Georgia GA20$1,111+126%$308 – $2,202
Massachusetts MA12$986+101%$810 – $1,201
Virginia VA22$821+67%$280 – $1,221
Missouri MO12$711+45%$639 – $730
Utah UT23$656+34%$656 – $772
Iowa IA16$586+19%$416 – $586
South Carolina SC10$569+16%$214 – $707
Maryland MD10$533+9%$270 – $726
Washington WA11$530+8%$365 – $1,276
Texas TX56$528+7%$395 – $1,060
Illinois IL30$520+6%$422 – $813
Wisconsin WI30$500+2%$500 – $1,048
Minnesota MN32$443−10%$298 – $473
Indiana IN15$376−23%$181 – $499
Michigan MI21$360−27%$318 – $1,005
Louisiana LA16$355−28%$217 – $469
New York NY26$313−36%$261 – $1,111
Pennsylvania PA39$300−39%$188 – $2,258
New Jersey NJ24$287−42%$261 – $287
Tennessee TN20$280−43%$255 – $280
North Carolina NC30$229−53%$50 – $331
Florida FL38$180−63%$170 – $772
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $491.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care570$484$261 – $1,032
Children’s30$586$217 – $1,073
Critical access66$473$384 – $1,005
Ownership
For-profit58$469$260 – $1,060
Government71$331$245 – $645
Non-profit537$500$274 – $1,048
System affiliation
Part of a system622$499$261 – $1,032
Independent48$467$261 – $1,111

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,005
Median cash price$491
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

491 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $586 and the average of the middle 60% is $630; most fall between $320 and $1,067.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 491 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$272$373$586$1,005$1,356

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($272 vs $1,356).

Of the 534 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 491 gave a usable cash price; 31 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

670 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 730 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted670
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code730

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Pathology family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as HC Myleoid Engraftment Analysis.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Donor-recipient cell mix test, each selected cell type (CPT 81268) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-81268-donor-recipient-cell-mix-test-each-selected-cell-type